Brussels, 14/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Union is expected to be in a position to present an action plan on liberalising visas with Ukraine at the EU-Ukraine summit this autumn. “We hope that it can be confirmed in the autumn so that a definitive solution can be found for a regime without visas,” Ukrainian Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych said at a meeting organised as part of the political dialogue on justice and internal affairs on Wednesday 9 June. The minister did not, however, suggest an exact date for the possible removal of the visa requirement for his country. “I am certain that we will be able to implement the action plan very quickly” so that visas can be ended, he said. At the meeting, he pledged to intensify the fight against corruption, people trafficking and drugs trafficking, and to improve border controls, a series of moves which will facilitate ending the visa requirement for Ukrainian citizens. Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho stressed that good border management, to prevent illegal immigration, was one of the “major shared challenges”, and gave a positive appraisal of Ukraine's progress on issues such as the standardisation of documentation and biometric passports with the EU. Tackling corruption is another of the conditions required to achieve greater convergence on social, political and economic issues, said Camacho, who also congratulated Ukraine for the new initiatives it has introduced in the fight against organised crime. Spain's Secretary of State for Justice Juan Carlos Campo, meanwhile, underscored the need for Ukraine to become “a state where rule of law is consolidated” with an “independent” judiciary. The European Commission's director general for justice, freedom and security, Jonathan Faull, stressed that the EU side wished to offer its congratulations on the freedom of movement, but as long as proper border management could be guaranteed by both sides. “There's still a lot of work to do, but the will is there,” he said. (B.C./transl.rt)